Probably due to the end of World War II ! The end of the war brought new hopes and dreams for people. They simply decided to increase the size of their families.
Men had come home from war and were ready to start a family in new urban communities.
Men had come home from war and were ready to start a family in new urban communities.
decreased
That is an incorrect number. MCMXLVI would 1946.
"MCMXL" is the Roman numeral representation for the number 1940.
The increase of births from 1946 to 1964.
Men had come home from war and were ready to start a family in new urban communities.
Men had come home from war and were ready to start a family in new urban communities.
Men had come home from war and were ready to start a family in new urban communities.
Men had come home from war and were ready to start a family in new urban communities.
decreased
decreased
The term for the dramatic rise in births from 1946 to 1964 was termed by the sociologists was called "The Baby Boom" and the babies born during that time period are known as the Baby Boomers.
A "babyboom" was is term coined to describe a rapid increase in the number of births. I'm pretty sure the baby boom which you are talking about is the Post-WWII baby boom in which US soldiers returning home from Europe and parts of Asia began to start familes and have children. Between 1946-1956,approximately 76 million babies were born^. ^Figures in Landon Y. Jones, "Swinging 60s?" in Smithsonian Magazine, January 2006, pp 102-107
15 games between April 25, 1946 and May 10, 1946.
1946
There were two reasons for the baby boom in the US and UK: 1. The end of unemployment was an important factor in the early stages (1942-44). Overall, especially in the U.S. growing prosperity meant that many people were better able to provide for kids. 2. From 1946 onwards the sudden return of large numbers of demobilized soldiers, together with optimism about the future, led to a large increase in the number of births.